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gep2@computek.net wrote:
>
> > I have often wondered about and wanted just this function. If there isn't
> such a feature now, how hard would it be to make one?
>
> I realize it's not EXACTLY the same, but SPITBOL 386 (and SPITBOL NT) can both
> make executable .EXE files. SPITBOL is a language with many similar features to
> Icon, of course.
I refuse to work with any language named SPIT___.
> Given the choice of both languages, I almost always use S*BOL in preference to
> Icon... I guess mostly just because I find S*BOL pattern matching so much easier
> and more natural than Icon's string scanning. Of course, in some applications
> the S*BOL CODE() and EVAL() functions are absolutely required... and that's also
> a deal-breaker as far as coding the thing in Icon is concerned.
(1) Out of curiosity, have you ever used the Mathematica programming
language? I would be interested in your commentary as to how it
compares with Icon and S*BOL.
(2) Why are CODE() and EVAL() "deal-breakers"? What are these calls,
and what is your definition of a "deal-breaker"?
> Gordon Peterson
> http://www.computek.net/public/gep2/
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Mark Evans
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